A man has been arrested after a police incident at Cherry Hinton Tesco Express this evening (July 18).

Cambridgeshire Police were unavailable for comment but unverified reports suggest a man attempted to rob the store around 7.30pm this evening.

A witness, who did not want to be named, said: "I arrived at 7.40pm and there was one policeman at the front calming down one of the staff and watching the front door whilst he was locked inside the shop alone.

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"Then two or three policeman went in the front door with shields. More police arrived and secured the back door of the shop and negotiated with him for about 20-30 minutes before a group of approximately 10 policemen pinned him down to the floor and got him inside a van.

"The whole ordeal took about an hour and the shop is now closed for the night."

Tescos in Cherry Hinton closed due to an earlier incident

A note displayed in the windows read: "Due to an earlier incident, we are closed for the night.